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New baches making new memories - this is the NZIA award-winning Picot bach in Marahau on Tasman Bay, designed by Mitchell Stout Dodd Architects.
We all get nostalgic about traditional 1950s baches and cribs, but there’s a whole new wave of contemporary versions that are making new holiday memories for families that will be just as nostalgic in years to come. Here at
Stuff we get to see the very best of the new baches, and, yes, a couple could more rightly be called beach houses. But they all have much in common with those character baches of yesteryear.